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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Hyundai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Now On Sale

The
crossover SUV is priced from $53,105, which includes a $14,880 grant from the
HyFive project – a European project that aims to deploy 110 fuel cellelectric
vehicles (FCEVs) from five global automotive companies.

The
project will also contribute to the establishment of another three hydrogen refuelling stations
in the London area, which will help create a total of five publically
accessible filling stations in London by the end of 2015 (there is also one
currently in Swindon).

The Hyundai ix35 is the world’s
first mass-produced fuel cellelectric vehicle and has
been sold to selected customers (in the corporate and public sectors) since
2013. Vehicles are already on the road in 15 countries around the world,
including 11 in Europe.

The
ix35 Fuel Cell is
equipped with a 133bhp electric motor that enables it to hit a top speed of
100mph. The hydrogen is
stored in two tanks, with a total capacity of 5.64kg, which give it a range of
up to 369 miles on a single fill. Hyundai also claims that it
can reliably start in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius. The
energy is stored in a 24kWh lithium-ion polymer battery.

The Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell is the
fourth-generation fuel cell-powered electric vehicle from Hyundai, the Korean
carmaker learning from previous incarnations and able to make improvements in
aspects such as range, which the company claims has been extended by more than
50%, plus fuel efficiency gains of more than 15%.